Day One U.S. Open Men's Semifinals

So over a month ago we got tickets to the U.S. Open men's semifinals because after Wimbledon I've been so excited about tennis. Venus and Serena were so magnificent and Rafa was so exciting in the final match, I decided I really wanted to see him play live.

So today was the day. We had tickets to both matches and Federer vs. Djokovic was first. Climbing up to our seats in section 333 of Arthur Ashe stadium was awesome and the first three sets were great. Midway through the 3rd set there was announcement that because of the impending storm the second match, Nadal vs. Murray was going to be played concurrently on the much smaller Louis Armstrong court and seats were a first come first serve basis. So we basically ran over there so we could see the match. Joder! It was so small. Rafa and Andy were warming up and we were able to get sets FIVE ROWS BACK. It was tremendous. Honestly, I almost cried. The sets were tough and Rafa was down two and set to win the third when the rain began. They kept most of us in the vicinity for about an hour until they finally announced the match was postponed until 4 PM Sunday. So.... we go back tomorrow. But meanwhile, the memories of today are still unbelievable.



View from our seats in section 333, but still rad


This turkey was reading the paper during the second set.


Warm up


This is how close we were!